St. Petersburg. May 15. Interfax.ru Grigory Yavlinsky,
founder of the YABLOKO party and deputy of St.Petersburg Legislative
Assembly, spoke to the participants of the walking protests
at the St. Isaac's Square, St.Petersburg.
The [present] walking protests should have a political
meaning, they should not happen just for nothing," he
said, adding that the objective should be victory of democratic
forces at elections.
According to the Interfax correspondent, Grigory Yavlinsky
accompanied by ten supporters and wearing [the symbol of protests]
a white ribbon on his jacket came to the protesters who sat
at benches in the garden by St. Isaac's Cathedral near Astoria
hotel on Wednesday evening.
YABLOKOs activists brought a box of apples [the symbols
of the party] and put them on the bench, where the protesters
who settled in the garden by St. Isaac's Cathedral keep their
food and belongings.
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